Update for April 27

Friday, April 27, 2018

2018 FVL Schools Band Awards

Last week at our Awards program, several students were the
recipients of our Outstanding Attendance Award. These students
truly deserved the award, as they attended every single practice,
or missed just one. That is an amazing feat, considering that
we met on eighteen Saturdays throughout the year, and performed in
three concerts! Many of these students also performed for the
Solo and Ensemble Festival, which added another Saturday, and also
participated in the WELS Middle School Honor Festival on another
Saturday! Most of our band students are also involved in
soccer, volleyball, basketball, cheer, and countless other
activities. We certainly appreciate their dedication to our
FVL Schools Band Program, and thank the parents for helping them to
achieve this award!

Director's Award

Each year the FVL Schools Band Program also recognizes two
eighth grade students for their outstanding contributions over
their years in our program with the Director's Award. This
year's recipients are:

Beginning Band Open House

The Beginning Band Open House is an event where new and interested
students can try out various instruments. If students
and parents cannot attend our Open House event, they are still able
to join the FVL Schools Band Program next fall. We will have
many instruments set up for trial, including flute, clarinet,
saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, baritone, tuba, and
percussion kit. Having all of these instruments on hand for
students to try out will help them determine what instrument they
would like to play. It is a fun and exciting night for new
students, as well as the parents! Yes, it does get a little
loud with all of the "music" being played, but seeing the smiles on
the faces of the students and parents makes it all worth the
effort!

We will have information concerning renting instruments from Heid
Music, and possibly a representative from Heid's as well to answer
any questions you may have.

This year we will be hosting one Beginning Band Open House event.
The time and location is as follows: